This is the first part of this chapter
Early the next morning Clarke was awoken by a loud continuous pounding noise on her door as someone yelled. She pulled the blanket over her head in hopes whoever was knocking would get the message and leave. Suddenly the noise stopped, the blonde let out a sigh.
Thank god, I can go back to sleep.
The silence was short lived, as the pounding began again this time louder. Annoyance and anger began to surface as she flung the blanket she was using off her.
"Motherfucker." Standing up walking to the door, Clarke pressed a few buttons, the slid open. Standing on the other side was Raven holding a hammer. She was slightly dumbfounded before regaining her composure. "The fuck Raven!"
Raven eyed her up and down, Clarke couldn't help but feel naked the way Raven eyed her. "Hm pegged you for someone who sleeps naked."
"Why are you pounding on my door with a hammer?" Annoyance laced in her voice.
"Never mind that, hurry up and get dressed. When your done meet us at the stable." Raven walked away listening before Clarke could put it in her own two cents.
"Us?"
The blonde got dressed and made her way over to the stable. Wondering what had to be so important the mechanic just had to pound on her door with hammer.
I swear if this is one of her pranks, I'm going to kill her.
Nearing the stables spotting the red jacket, Clarke walked faster prepared to reprimand the mechanic. As she got closer she noticed that Octavia was there too, both talking animatedly with each other standing close together. When Octavia put her hand on the others shoulder almost leaning on her as she laughed at something the mechanic had said out of nowhere an irking feeling developed within the blonde. She ignored the feeling.
Spotting the blonde Raven smiled. "About time you got here."
"You better have a good reason for why I'm here?" Clarke tried to stay mad yet at the same time she was curious.
"Of course I have a good reason in fact it's a great reason. I wouldn't have used hammer on your door just for a fun you know."
"Yes you would. I rather have you break into my room to wake me up then with a hammer pounding on my door."
"True but that be boring the hammer was more fun. But let's get to the reason why I did it."
Clarke crossed her arms a small scowl on her face. Raven and Octavia lead three horses out of the stable all prepped and ready to be ridden, the scowl on Clarkes face disappearing.
"Ta-da!" Raven's smile grew.
"Raven you didn't?" Clarke couldn't contain her happiness if this is what she thought it was.
"She did but not without my help of course." Octavia wasn't going to let the mechanic take all the credit.
"You like?" Raven said nervously.
Clarke nodded smiling as she pulled them both into hug. "Thank you, the both of you. I appreciate it."
"No problem princess." Octavia pulling back smiled at the blond. "Now come on let's ride."
All three girls mounted their horses, with Raven needing a little a help of course. Naturally Clarke was the one that rode Trikova, Octavia rode her own brown horse while Raven rode the white colored one.
"Everyone all set?"
"Yup." Clarke and Raven said simultaneously.
"Good." Octavia gave them a sly smirk. "Last one to the tree line has to take care of the horses when we return to camp." Octavia took off on her horse not giving them a chance to retort.
Clarke was next signaling Trikova to follow after the grounder warrior. "Come on Raven or it horse duty for you!" Clarke yelled behind her smiling.
Raven didn't care if she did she was content with seeing Clarke's smile. "Come on let's go after them before we get left behind." She patted her horse as she brought the horse to a gallop.
In the end it was Clarke who was victorious with the advantage of Trikova was the fastest out of the three horses. They were riding on a trail through the forest that Octavia had marked the previous day, she remembered it as if it was yesterday when the mechanic asked for her help in fact it was yesterday….late at night.
Octavia had fallen asleep by the fire when she felt someone shaking, she waved the offending hand away mumbling.
"Octavia."
They shook her harder.
"Octavia, wake up!" The whisper was harsh.
"Ugh." Octavia slowly opened her eyes, the image in front of her a bit blurry for a few seconds before coming into focus. "Raven? What the hell it's the middle of night."
"I know, I know but I need you to do me a favor, that I possibly need you to finish before morning. Hehe." Raven rubbed the back of her neck.
"Raven." Octavia growled. But the pleading looking in the mechanic's eyes told her it had something to do with a certain blonde. "What do you want?" Annoyed mostly from being woken up in the middle of the night.
"Remember that waterfall place we found a few months back?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I want to bring Clarke there."
"Did you forget that Clarke can't swim?" Octavia raised a brow at her friend.
"Of course I didn't forget, just thought it be a nice place to relax."
The grounder warrior sighed in defeat. "Fine, I'll help." Raven smiled happily at her friend.
"You're the best, O. But just one more tiny itty bitty favor."
"I knew it." Octavia squeezed the bridge of her nose with her thumb and index finger, already feeling a migraine forming.
"You and I just need to somehow convince Abby to let us go on our lil trip."
"And exactly how are we supposed to do that?"
"Simple, I ask her to talk and you do the convincing." Raven said as if it was the most brilliant plan ever.
"Ugh, fine, just let me go back to sleep."
Satisfied Raven headed back to her quarters.
I swear Raven better get a kiss by the time this day is over. All this just for one girl. Octavia thought thinking back to how they ended up in this situation.
"When we get back you have horse duty Reyes try not fall into the manure." Octavia laughed.
"Shut up and just lead us to you know where." Raven grumbled.
"Where are we going? You guys never told me." Clarke asked riding next to Raven with Octavia up front.
"We're going somewhere to teach you how to swim." Octavia let out a loud laugh echoing through the forest.
"Hey! That's not funny!" Clarke sulked.
"But seriously though Griffin, you need to learn how to swim." Raven couldn't help but let out a laugh.
"Not you too." The two brunettes just laughed at the fact the blonde couldn't swim.
They all rode in silence taking in the sounds of nature around them. Octavia's hearing being more keen she could hear the sounds of the waterfall, the sound becoming louder the closer they got.
"Is that a waterfall I hear?"
"Yup." The brunettes answered simultaneously.
"Wait did you both really bring me out here just to teach me how to swim?!" Clarke pulled the horse reigns back to stop the horse from walking.
Raven pat the blonde on the shoulder. "Don't worry that blonde head of yours we didn't bring here for that, unless you want it to be that." She grinned.
She glared at the mechanic. "Still not funny Raven."
By the time they arrived at their destination it was mid-morning, Clarke couldn't help but marvel at the scene, the way the sun made the water sparkle the sprays from the waterfall creating faint rainbows.
"Octavia and I found this place a few months back before all hell broke loose.
They mounted off the horses leaving them to graze. Nearing the water Raven took off her boots to dip her feet in the cool water with Clarke joining her. While Octavia stripped her clothes jumping in the water with only her shirt and underwear on just as she did the first day on the ground minus the whole almost getting eaten.
"Water feels nice you two should join me." The grounder warrior splashed them.
Ignoring the many jibes at her for not being able to swim Clarke, wondered how they were able venture out of camp. "Who did you guys bribe?"
Raven looked at the blonde next her confused. "What do you mean?"
"You said that it took a lot of convincing to make this happen. So who did you bribe?" Clarke asked seriously.
Octavia swam up to them leaning on the edge where they say. "We didn't bribe anyone princess."
"We ambushed your mom early this morning before I went to wake you up." Raven said proudly.
"She banged on your mom's door with a hammer too. I didn't even say anything to convince her." Octavia clarified.
"True, but seeing you were coming along did the trick, in the end all that matters is we got her to say yes." Raven held up her hand for Octavia to high five who gladly gave her one.
Clarke laughed. "You both are terrible."
"Well I'm going to get some shut eye, wake me up when its lunch." Lifting herself out of the Octavia made her way to the tree closet the horses as she sat down leaning on it.
Clarke and Raven sat with a comforting silence between them. Clarke turned her head to look Raven, the brunette was leaning on her hands with her head slightly tilted back with her eyes closed. Her red leather jacket laid discarded next her. The blonde could see a half smile on the brunette's lips, briefly she wondered what those lips would taste like. The sound of Raven's voice shook the thought away.
"You should smile more often." Raven said with her eyes closed.
"What?"
"I said you should smile more." Raven repeated with her eyes still closed.
"Why?" Clarke felt insulted.
"I'm not insulting you if that's what you think." Raven opened her eyes leaning forward her eyes trained on her reflection in the water. Clarke patiently waited for the mechanic's explanation. "I like, no I love when I see you smile, the ones that come from your heart."
Clarke tried to say something but when she opened her mouth to speak no nothing came out.
"I don't know when it started but whenever I saw you were sad I wanted to try and make you happy, laugh; anything to make you not feel sad anymore." A sorrowful expression appeared on the brunette's face.
Raven didn't know why she was telling the blonde this, it was like word vomit it just kept spewing.
Looking up from her reflection she stared at the blonde next her. Clarke could see the wetness in Raven's eyes. "I…everyone loves you Clarke they care about you. You're not alone in this world." She pulled the blonde to her hugging her tight, burying her face in the crook of the blonde's neck "It's okay to be weak Clarke."
